Ferns at the end of the Farm Traditional Cache
Ferns at the end of the Farm
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Farms to Forest Trail (1.0 miles,1.6 km)
The Farms to Forest Trail is a short, easy trail that starts near Oak Ridge Campground. The trail is marked by yellow and green blazes and runs through an area where old farmland has reverted back to mature forest. After only a minute or two on the trail, the trail will split. Bear right and continue along the trail to the junction with the 1.7 mile (2.7 km) extension trail that loops up to Quantico Creek and back.
Much of the forest along the trail is fairly open making it easy to visualize the farms that were once established in this area.
While hiking along the Farms to Forest Trail, enjoy the green of the ground cedar that litters the forest floor. Ground cedar (Lycopodium complanatum) is small, perennial plant with horizontal stems that creep along the forest floor. They grow up to a meter long with flattened, cedar-like stems. After about 15 minutes of walking down the Farms to Forest Trail you will reach the first junction with the Extension Trail. Continue on the extension trail to get to this geocache
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Pnzb Ovfba Ghor unatvat sebz n oenapu ba n fznyy gerr.